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8/30/2015

Happy Sunday everyone! *sips
coffee* The sun has returned from hiatus and that makes me happy. It also seems
to be getting crazy hot out there, and I've already turned the ac on. Can't let
the house get too hot, can we? Remember, the sale on Mark's Opening Gambit at All Romance ends on the 31st. Don't miss out! I’m planning a few sales for September, but
don't have details yet. Will let you all know when I have them.

What
kind of food do mummies like?

Lettuce
wraps!

In other news, I posted
the fourth chapter of Mum's the Word to the blog this morning. You can catch up
to it HERE. The story seems to be flowing nicely now. I have Monday's post ready to go as
well, which means I'm back on schedule and back to weekly posts. Chatted with
Havan last night and she gave me some great inspiration for a scene or two that
just might be hair raising This horror is a new genre for me, so I'm not really
sure how effective it's being. You drop me a line and let me know what you
think, okay?

Got a nice line-up of
music cued for today. Started out with some Petty ,
following that up with Steely Dan and Journey's Don't Stop Believing. Musical inspiration.
What's your go to band to break writer's block?

Took a break from The Walking
Dead to binge watch a few episodes of another of my favorite shows: Top Chef.
I'm getting antsy about season 13. Can't wait for it to start. I've learned a
lot from watching this show. For instance:

1.There
are people who peel peppers. Never in my life had it even
occurred to me to do this. The peel on a pepper is so thin, it's practically
non-existent. But Tom Colicchio says it's bitter, not to be born.

2.A
few grains of salt make all the difference. Incredibly,
there are those people out there who can distinguish how much salt, down to the
grain, you put in your recipe. If I heard the judges say it one, I heard it a
dozen times, "With a few grains of salt, this would be amazing, but now
it's just blah."

3.Wylie
Dufresne is awesome. I never heard of Wylie, or gastro
molecular cookery until Top Chef. I still don't care much for gastro cookery- I
like my food plain and simple and looking like what it tastes like- but Wylie
is adorably geeky with his long straight hair, round features and glasses.

4.Fine
dining is not intended to meet the dietary or nutritional guides of any human
being. So if you're planning on eating out at a nice place,
have a hearty snack beforehand.

5.Never
make risotto. Risotto is NOT just rice. It's apparently
a cult all of its own. I swear, a dozen people must have been sent home for
their risotto, and some of them were quite bitter over it.

Can't wait until October
to meet the new cheftestants! What about you? Are you a Top Chef fan? Who's
your favorite contestant?

Thanks for hanging out
with me, y'all. It's time grab some lunch and get to work.

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